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• British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1880), by Wirt Sikes, illust. by T. H. Thomas
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• The Description of Wales, by Giraldus Cambrensis (Gutenberg text)
• The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales, by Giraldus Cambrensis (Gutenberg text)
• A Child's Christmas in Wales (c1950), by Dylan Thomas (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales (London: E. Stock, 1909), by Marie Trevelyan
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• Old stone crosses of the vale of Clwyd and neighbouring parishes, together with some account of the ancient manners and customs and legendary lore connected with the parishes. (B. Quaritch;, 1886), by Elias Owen and Willard Fiske (page images at HathiTrust)
• The itinerary through Wales, and the description of Wales (J. M. Dent & co.;, 1908), by Cambrensis Giraldus and William Llewelyn Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Itinerarium cambria︠e︡ seu laboriosa︠e︡ Baldvini Cantuariensis archiepiscopi per Walliam Legationis accurata descriptio auctore Silv. Geraldo Cambrense (Typis Gulielmi Bulmer et Socci, 1804), by Cambrensis Giraldus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wales: the language, social condition, moral character, and religious opinions of the people, considered in their relation to education: withsome account of the provsion made for education in other parts of the kingdom. (J.W. Parker, 1849), by Thomas Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cambrian superstitions, comprising ghosts, omens, witchcraft, traditions, &c. To which are added a concise view of the manners and customs of the principality, and some fugitive pieces (Norwood Editions, 1972), by William Howells (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The perfidious Welshman (S. Paul, 1910), by Arthur Tysilio Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ab Ithel : an account of the life and writings of Rev. John Williams Ab Ithel ... late rector of Llanymowddwy, Merioneth (W. Kent, 1871), by James Kenward (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cambrian popular antiquities; or, An account of some traditions, customs, and superstitions, of Wales, with observations as to their origin, &c. &c. Illustrated with copper plates, coloured from nature. (Printed for E. Williams, 1815), by Peter Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Character of the Welsh. (Simpkin and Marshall [etc.];, 1841), by William Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• The itinerary through Wales and The description of Wales (J.M. Dent & sons, ltd ;, 1919), by Giraldus Cambrensis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Observations on the Snowdon Mountains; with some account of the customs and manners of the inhabitants. To which is added a genealogical account of the Penrhyn families. (Sold by E. Williams, 1802), by William Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cambrian popular antiquities (Printed for E. Williams, 1815), by Peter Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cymru : cylchgrawn misol i ymdrin â hanes, llenyddiaeth cân, celf ac addysg Cymru. (gan Gwmni y Cyhoeddwyr Cymreig, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Welshman's reputation : a reply to a recent satire on the Welsh entitled The perfidious Welshman (S. Paul, 1911), by Englishman and A. T. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Character of the Welsh as a nation (Simpkin and Marshall [etc.], 1841), by William Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• A prize essay in English and Welsh, on the character of the Welsh as a nation, in the present age. (Simpkin and Marshall [etc.], 1917), by William Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales, by Jonathan Ceredig Davies, contrib. by Alice Amherst (Gutenberg ebook)

• Warner's Walk through Wales (Sold by Wilkie and Robinson, 1813), by Richard Warner, C. Davies, James Comrie, and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)

• My People: Stories of the Peasantry of West Wales (London: A. Melrose, ca. 1916), by Caradoc Evans
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• Cousin Henry : a novel (Chapman and Hall, 1879), by Anthony Trollope (page images at HathiTrust)
• Through Welsh doorways (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909), by Jeannette Augustus Marks, Anna Whelan Betts, Adrian J. Iorio, Riverside Press, Mass.) Riverside Press (Cambridge, and Houghton Mifflin Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mother earth; a sentimental comedy (J. F. Taylor & Company, 1902), by Frances Forbes-Robertson Harrod (page images at HathiTrust)
• Through Welsh Doorways, by Jeannette Augustus Marks, illust. by Anna Whelan Betts (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mushroom Town, by Oliver Onions (Gutenberg ebook)
• My Neighbors: Stories of the Welsh People, by Caradoc Evans (Gutenberg ebook)

• Bye-Gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties, ed. by John Askew Roberts (partial serial archives)

• Bye-Gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties, ed. by John Askew Roberts (partial serial archives)

• Guide to the town and neighbourhood of Abergavenny. (J.H.Morgan, 1845), by John White (page images at HathiTrust)

• Llanberis, ei hanes, ei phobl a'i phethau. (Gumni y cyhoeddwyr cymreig, 1908), by Griffith Tecwyn Parry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• Cambrian quarterly magazine and Celtic repertory. (Pub. for the proprietors by H. Hughes., 1829) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The making of modern Wales; studies in the Tudor settlement of Wales (Macmillan and Co., limited, 1919), by W. Llewelyn Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study in nationality (Chapman & Hall limited, 1911), by J. Vyrnwy Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old stone crosses of the vale of Clwyd and neighbouring parishes, together with some account of the ancient manners and customs and legendary lore connected with the parishes. (B. Quaritch;, 1886), by Elias Owen and Willard Fiske (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Gruffydd ap Cynan; the Welsh text (University press, 1910), by Arthur Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Calendar of various Chancery rolls : Supplementary Close rolls, Welsh rolls, Scutage rolls. Preserved in the Public record office (Published by H.M.S.O., 1912), by Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Cyril T. Flower, William Henry Stevenson, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, and Great Britain Public Record Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Folk-lore of West and mid-Wales (Printed at the "Welsh gazette" offices, 1911), by Jonathan Ceredig Davies (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Housing return for England and Wales ... (H.M.S.O., 1951), by Great Britain. Ministry of Housing and Local Government (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The cathedrals of England and Wales. (publisher of "The Builder", 1894), by H. Heathcote Statham (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Celtic psaltery, being mainly renderings in English verse from Irish & Welsh poetry (F.A. Stokes Co., 1917), by Alfred Perceval Graves (page images at HathiTrust)
• The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, from the earliesr times to the present day, 1541-1895, comprising lists of the representatives, chronologically arranged under counties, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, together with particulars of the various contested elections, double returns and petitions. (Priv. Print. for the author by E. Davis and Bell, 1895), by W. R. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of printed literature in the Welsh department. (Free libraries committee;, 1898), by Cardiff Free Libraries, James Ifano Jones, and John Ballinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The land question in South Wales, a defence of the landowners of South Wales and Monmouthshire (Landowners' Association of South Wales and Monmouthshire, 1897), by J. E. Vincent and Landowners' Association of South Wales and Monmouthshire (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Royal tribes of Wales (Printed by John Painter, 1799), by Philip Yorke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welsh folk-lore: a collection of the folk-tales and legends of North Wales; being the prize essay of the national Eisteddfod, 1887 (Woodall, Minshall and co., 1896), by Elias Owen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Census of England and Wales. (43 & 44 Vict. c. 37.) 1881... (Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1883), by Great Britain. Census Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Welsh Baptists, from the year sixty-three to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy. (D.M. Hogan, 1835), by J. Davis and Joshua Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Welsh people : chapters on their origin, history, laws, language, literature, and characteristics (Macmillan, 1900), by John Rhys and David Brynmor Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil war in Wales (Longmans, Green, & Co., 1874), by John Roland Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• The vertebrate fauna of North Wales. (Witherby, 1907), by Herbert Edward Forrest (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Welsh people; chapters on their origin, history, laws, language, literature, and characteristics (T. F. Unwin ltd., 1923), by John Rhys, David Brynmor Jones, and Great Britain Royal commission on land in Wales and Monmouthshire. Reports (page images at HathiTrust)
• The war and Wales (Chapman & Hall limited, 1916), by John Vyrnwy Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorials of old north Wales (G. Allen & company, ltd., 1913), by E. Alfred Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• England und Wales (Verlag von Chr. Hollmann, 1873), by D. L. B. Wolff (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Wales, descriptive of the government, wars, manners, religion, laws, druids, bards, pedigrees, and language of the ancient Britons and modern Welsh, and of the remaining antiquities of the principality. (J. Williams, 1824), by John Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• The royal tribes of Wales (I. Foulkes, 1887), by Philip Yorke and Willard Fiske (page images at HathiTrust)
• By Celtic waters; holiday jaunts with rod, camera & paint brush. (J. Davy, 1894), by C. K. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial. (Cassell, 1887), by T. G. Bonney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Index ecclesiasticus; or, Alphabetical lists of all ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales since the reformation. Containing 150,000 hitherto unpublished entries from the bishops' certificates of institutions to livings, etc., now deposited in the Public record office, and including those names which appear in Le Neve's 'Fasti.' (Parker & co.; [etc., etc.], 1890), by Joseph Foster and Great Britain Exchequer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Visitation of England and Wales. (Priv. print, 1893), by Joseph Jackson Howard, George William Harris, Frederick Arthur Crisp, B.F. Stevens & Brown (Firm), and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marketing and co-operation (Aberystwyth, 1927), by Wales). Department of Agricultural Economics University College of Wales (Aberystwyth and Wales) Agricultural Economics Department Cooperation and marketing University College of Wales (Aberystwyth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ancient laws of Cambria : containing the institutional triads of Dyvnwal Moelmud, the laws of Howel the Good, triadical commentaries, code of education, and the hunting laws of Wales : to which are added the historical triads of Britain (E. Williams, 1823), by Wales and William Probert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Welsh people; chapters on their origin, history, laws, language, literature, and characteristics (The Macmillan co., 1900), by John Rhys and David Brynmor-Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cambro-Briton; and general Celtic repository. (J. Limbird., 1819) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of the inspector for ... (Board of Trade :, 1886), by Great Britain Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ein herbst in Wales. Land und leute, märchen und lieder. (C. Rümpler, 1858., 1858), by Julius Rodenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the manuscripts relating to Wales in the British Museum. (Issued by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1900), by British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Edward Owen, and England) Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• The text of the Book of Llan Dav (Oxford, 1893), by Liber Landavensis and John Rhys (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wales: to-day and to-morrow (Western Mail, 1907), by Thomas Stephens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Y Cenhadwr americanaidd. (Utica, N.Y., 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
• English and Welsh cathedrals (Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1912), by Thomas Dinham Atkinson and Walter Dexter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The love of Wales to their soveraigne Prince : a relation of the solemnity at Ludlow on the creation of Charles Prince of Wales, in 1616 (s.n.], 1837), by Daniel Powel, Robert-Henry Clive, and Roxburghe Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• The antiquities of England and Wales (Printed for S. Hooper, No. 25, Ludgate Hill, 1773), by Francis Grose, S. Sparrow, S. Hooper, and Richard Bernard Godfrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canadian freeholder in three dialogues between an Englishman and a Frenchman, settled in Canada : shewing the sentiments of the bulk of the freeholders of Canada concerning the late Quebeck-Act; with some remarks on the Boston-Charter Act; and an attempt to shew the great expediency of immediately repealing both those acts of Parliament, and of making some other useful regulations and concessions to his Majesty's American subjects, as a ground for a reconciliation with the United Colonies in America. (Sold by B. White ..., 1779), by Francis Maseres (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Nationalist, a non-political magazine for Wales. (Printed by R. Roberts; [etc., etc.], 1907) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of the Welsh Baptists, from the year sixty-three to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy (The Baptist, 1976), by J. Davis and Joshua Thomas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Enwogion Môn (Anglesey worthies), 1850-1912. (Argraffwyd gan y North Wales Chronicle Co., 1913), by Richard Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Gleanings of the histories of Holywell, Flint, Saint Asaph, and Rhuddlan : their antiquities and surrounding scenery, with a statistical and geographical account of North Wales in general (J. Davies, 1831), by J. Poole (page images at HathiTrust)
• The historical works of Giraldus Cambrensis containing the Topography of Ireland, and the History of the conquest of Ireland (G. Bell & sons, 1913), by Giraldus Cambrensis, Thomas Forester, Richard Colt Hoare, and Thomas Wright (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A treatise on the law relating to municipal corporations in England and Wales (Shaw & Sons, 1875), by Thomas James Arnold and Samuel George Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Military aspects of Roman Wales (Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1910), by F. Haverfield and England) Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The union of England and Wales. (Issued by the Society, 1909), by W. Llewelyn Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Miscellaneous papers on subjects relating to Wales (J. Snow, 1867), by Thomas Rees (page images at HathiTrust)
• Warner's Walk through Wales (Sold by Wilkie and Robinson, 1813), by Richard Warner, C. Davies, James Comrie, and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales ... made in the summer of the year 1770 (Printed for R. Blamire, sold by, 1782), by William Gilpin and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the Baptist Association in Wales : from the year 1650, to the year 1790 ... (sold by Dilly, Button, and Thomas, 1795), by Joshua Thomas and David Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• The late Right Honourable Sir John Rhŷs ...; appreciations by some of his friends and fellowworkers, and a list of his works. (Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1916), by England) Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Final report of the commissioners (H.M.S.O., 1918), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on University Education in Wales (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wales : to-day and to-morrow, 80 writers, 80 portraits. (Western Mail, Ltd., 1907), by Thomas Stephens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cathedral churches of England and Wales (London : W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue), 1851-1860., 1851), by Benjamin Winkles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bye-gones, relating to Wales and the Border counties. (Woddall, Minshall, 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cathedral churches of England and Wales : being architectural and picturesque illustrations from drawings made expressly for this work (London ; New York : The London Printing and Publishing Co., [1884?], 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters on the scenery of Wales : including a series of subjects for the pencil, with their stations determined on a general principle : and instructions to pedestrian tourists (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821., 1821), by R.H. Newell and Thomas Sutherland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report (H.M.S.O., 1910), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Church of England and Other Religious Bodies in Wales and Monmouthshire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book of Taliesin (Issued to subscribers only, 1915), by Taliesin and J. Gwenogvryn Evans (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Redstan and other sketches (Wm. Tweedie, 1865), by Robert Hay and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cambrian journal (J. R. Smith, 1854), by Wales) Cambrian Institute (Tenby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cetology [including whale-fishery] (1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Names of churches, chapels, etc. (Stow-on-the-Wold, 1911), by Arthur Wade Wade-Evans (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notes on printers and printing in the provincial towns of England and Wales : a paper read at the first annual meeting of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, Oct. 3, 1878 (Chiswick Press, 1879), by W. H. Allnutt and Library Association. Meeting (1st : 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sea fisheries of England and Wales (Board; H.M. Stationery Off., 1912), by Great Britain. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pilgrimages to old houses, mostly on the Welsh border (The author, 1903), by Fletcher Moss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hereford and the Wye Valley (London, 1916), by Lock & Co Ward (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The cathedrals of England and Wales (T.W. Laurie, 1907), by T. Francis Bumpus (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales (Kent, 1860), by Henry Winkles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Poetry by medieval Welsh bards (Issued to subscribers, 1926), by J. Gwenogvryn Evans (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An inquiry into the present state of population in England and Wales : and the proportion which the present number of inhabitants bears to the number at former periods (London : Printed by G. Bigg, Denmark Court, Strand, for C. Nourse, in the Strand, MDCCLXXXI [1781], 1781), by William Wales and Charles Nourse (page images at HathiTrust)
• The industrial revolution in South Wales (Labour Pub. Co., 1924), by Ness Edwards and A. J. Cook (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Snowdonia, Old churches of (Jarvis & Foster, 1924), by H. Harold Hughes and Herbert L. North (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musical, and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards: preserved by tradition, and authentic manuscripts, from very remote antiquity; and never before published. To the bardic tunes are added variations for the harp, pianoforte, violin or flute ... Part the second of the first volume, containing the music only. (Printed for the Author, 1811), by Edward Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• What "Kymry" means; a brief outline of the origin, history and significance of the ancient Celtic word, "Kymry". (Chicago : Printed by J. P. Black-Mead-Gréde co., [1924], 1924), by Frank MacIntyre Comrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Pictorial and descriptive guide to North Wales (northern section) : Chester, Llandudno, the Colwyns, Rhyl, Conway, Deganwy, Penmaenmawr, Llanfairfechan, Bangor, Anglesey, Bettws-Y-Coed, Llanrwst, Trefriw, Carnarvon, Snowdon, etc. : six district maps and plans of Chester, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, and Bangor : sixty illustrations. (Ward, Lock & Co. ..., 1927), by Lock & Co Ward (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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